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the 365 inkwell { bryce parks } On The Cover: President, Publisher, Writer, Designer, Layout [email protected] { mike ironside } Writer, Designer, Photography [email protected] { kristina nesteby } Ad Designer [email protected] 10 • boys and girls of summer { maryanne krauss } 13 • kids special events Finance / Advertising [email protected] | 563-5 24 • happy joe’s pizza { kelli kerrigan } 32 • dubuque smile makeover Advertising [email protected] | 563-581-7014 issue #133 • april 28 - may 11, 2011 { lisa stevenson } 4 community briefs 20 bud live music listings 32 dubuque smile makeover Advertising 6 music 22 torquefest 33 home & health features [email protected] | 563-690-2043 7 civic fun 23 pinnacle combat mma 34 bob’s book reviews 8 arts awards & roasts 23 moon bar concerts 35 library events / riverview { brad parks } 9 outside the lines 24 argosy’s food review 36 puzzles Community, Incorporated, Principal 10 boys and girls of summer 28 arts, nusic & heater 37 mayor roy buol [email protected] 16 movies 29 pet corner 38 trixie kitsch 18 food & dining 30 mattitude 39 dr. skraps { matt booth } 19 nightlife 31 pam kress-dunn Mattitude [email protected] { pam kress-dunn } [email protected] { bob gelms } Bob’s Book Reviews { mayor roy buol } Buol on Dubuque { rich belmont } Argosy’s Food For Thought [email protected] { l.a. hammer } Trixie Kitsch: Bad Advice For The Stupid special thanks to: Jon Schmitz, Ralph Kluseman, Kay Kluseman, Chris Wand, Neil Stockel, Marty Raymon, Jay Olson, Ron Kirchhoff, Fran Parks, Christy Monk, Julie Steffen, Ron & Jennifer Tigges, bacon, Mark Dierker, Julie Griffin, Dave Haas, Tim Brechlin, Jeff Stiles, Gen. Bob Felderman and all the 365 friends and advertisers. { dubuque365 / 365ink } Where’s Wando? 401 Locust Street, Dubuque, IA, 52001 We’ve hidden Wando somewhere in this issue of 365ink. Can dubuque365.com | 563-588-4365 you find the master of movies buried within these pages? All contents © 2011, Community, Incorporated. All rights reserved. 2 { april 28 - may 11 } 365ink www.Dubuque365.com { bryce’s inkubator } have smartphone, will travel... and shop.... in your garage. For those you who have visited our office lately, it or you can download a PDF user guide, a city you will understand our hopes to actually finish wide list of sales, or watch a short clip on how to carpeting the whole thing versus just the front do advanced garage sale searches. Yes, we said half. Why? Well, then we can actually put up all advanced and garage in the same line. Imagine the trim, look like a real office, and on nights like typing in crazy random stuff you have always this when we are working right through the night wanted (but really don’t need), hitting “Show Re- till morning, we can just tip over on the floor and sults” and bam…. Not only do you get an instant crash. So our genius idea to make this dream real list of all the sales that have what you want, you is to fund the finishing of the “365 World Head- even get a Google map and a direction tool that quarters” by unloading our extra stuff (aka, col- routes the fastest and most efficient route to your lected treasures, junk, furniture, and computer favorite sales right from your front door! parts) from the secret 365 storage vault (aka our basement) during this upcoming weekend’s Du- paco Community-Wide Garage Sale Day. On the carpet front, the boys from American Car- pet Outlet did a great job last year getting our carpet journey started. American Carpet is a divi- sion of the Floor Show who began their furniture and carpeting empire where? Why, right here in the now 365 office building, of course. In addi- tion to laying down some great carpet last year, they even had the foresight a few decades ago to leave us an awesome conveyor belt to the base- ment, which will be handy this weekend. We just need to get people in the door to buy The Home Screen begins by showing a list of all our stacks, piles, and rows of discarded books and 406 sales, listed alphabetically by street name. CDs. We actually do have some great stuff, such You can scroll through the list and place a check- as a huge Hon office desk, a mini fridge, stacks of mark by any garage sale you want to attend. books, computer parts, and Mike Ironside. (Note That sale will then appear on the map and your to self – tell Mike’s wife we are selling him for garage sale adventure is ready to launch. On the carpet money.) However, while it all sounds so “Scrolling Sales” tab, you can see each and every simple, with over 400 garage sales that day, how sale in the area on one huge map. You can even are we going to cut through the crowds and get do a satellite view to see all your neighbors’ back some love from the hordes of deal-seekers soon yards or use Google Street View to see exactly to be unleashed on the city? what each house’s garage looks from the street. Or just zoom in and out, looking to see which of Why, maybe through a huge interactive data- your neighbors has the best stuff for sale. base search engine of course. Many of you have watched the last year and a half as 365 has part- nered on the StreetJaw project, using technol- ogy to track community stuff like drink and food specials, etc. All of those lessons have led to sev- eral major community data projects soon to be released (and they are actually very amazing by the way). But the one we are most excited about It is fun and it definitely changes how the ga- happens this very Saturday. Yes, you guessed rage sale day works. We even have a list of what it. Dupaco’s new Garage Sale search engine is treasures (a.k.a. future junk) the 365 crew is go- StreetJaw-powered and it is very cool. The team ing to sneak away from our own sale to go grab from Dupaco is just flat out committed to this before you do. day being a great event. We love their marketing in general and they have been a great partner of So great job Dupaco on the 18th year of this very 365, so we are excited to see them take the lead much anticipated community event. And while using this new technology. we want everyone to see and visit the other 405 sales on the Dupaco.com list, we just need to say So what does it do? Well, first just head to Du- this: OUR JUNK IS MUCH BETTER! Please come paco.com and check it out. You can just play with buy some so we can finally buy more carpet. www.Dubuque365.com 365ink { april 28 - may 11 } 3 { community briefs } yo no soy marinero. soy capitan, soy capitan. Let’s Go Fly a Kite Chef’s Night Out Grandview Methodist Church Presented by The Dubuque Area Global Goods hosts a fun, Chamber of Commerce Presents : family-friendly fundraising Hotel Julien Dubuque 30 event “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” from The Dubuque Chamber cel- APRIL noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, April ebrates the culinary skill and 30 at Grandview United Methodist Church, 29 diversity of the Tri-States with located at 3342 John Wesley Drive just of JFK APRIL a new event, Chef’s Night Road. The event will feature kite making, kite Out. Scheduled for Friday, April 29 at the flying, face painting, food, and family fun. Hotel Julien Dubuque, the event will fea- Participants can even win a beautiful hand- ture 10 of the area’s best executive chefs. made kite. For more information, call Global Each table will be randomly assigned a Goods at 563-588-3000. chef who will feature his or her culinary skill by preparing and serving a four- course meal, paring each course with a wine or beer selection. The evening starts with cocktail and hors’d’oeuvres hour at 6 p.m. with the dinner starting at 7 p.m. A silent auction during the evening’s fes- tivities will add to the excitement of the event. Tickets are $60 for a single mem- ber, $100 for a member couple, $70 for a single non-member, and $120 for a non- member couple. Ticket price includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and four-course Red Green meal. Seating is limited so contact the Five Flags Theater Chamber soon for to reserve your table. Tickets are on sale now for Contact Barry at the Chamber for details the April 30th, 7:30 p.m. per- and to reserve your place at a table by 30 formance of The Red Green calling 563-557-9200 or email bgentry@ APRIL Show, a cross between a sit- dubuquechamber.com. com and a sketch comedy series, also a par- ody of home improvement, do-it-yourself, fishing, and other outdoors shows, takes the show on the road during its Wit and Wisdom Tour. $40-$45 tickets available at Five Flags Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets, at 1-800-745-3000, and ticketmaster.com. Dubuque Main Street’s Dupaco Community-wide Downtown Cleanup Garage Sale Dubuque Main Street invites All Over Dubuque groups and individuals of Pickers, scroungers, col- 30 all ages to participate in the lectors, and resale shop- APRIL annual Downtown Cleanup 30 pers take note! The annual on Saturday, April 30 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 APRIL Dupaco Community-wide a.m.